ROCKVILLE, Maryland (AP):
SINCE HIS October 2002 arrest, Lee Boyd Malvo has vacillated between anger at his accomplice in the Washington, D.C.-area sniper spree that left 10 people dead and loyalty to the man who accepted him as a son and allegedly brainwashed him into a killing machine.
This week, Malvo will give the world an account of where he stands when he is expected to testify for prosecutors against John Allen Muhammad, the man who moulded him into a ruthless 17-year-old sniper.
Muhammad, already convicted of a sniper spree killing in Virginia and sentenced to death, is on trial now for the six homicides that occurred in Montgomery County, Maryland, during the three-week rampage that terrorised the Washington area. Malvo was also convicted of a sniper killing in Virginia. He was sentenced to life in prison.
A person close to the case said Malvo is expected to plead guilty to the Maryland charges against him and testify for prosecutors.
The person requested anony-mity because the deal was not officially set. Neither Malvo's attorney, Tim Sullivan, nor Montgomery County prosecutors comment; there is a gag order in place.
